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October 02 GFA Live #286: WWF Superstars 12-29-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 29, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* A look back at 1990 WWF and deciding on awards
* Getting detention in high school
* Sgt. Slaughter stuff: About to get "bad"
* Translating General Adnan
* DiBiase starts to publicly humiliate a different guy named Virgil
* The Nasty Boys debut....and they're rappers???
* A throwback close to the podcast
2 hr 11 min
September 20 GFA Live #285: WWF Superstars 12-22-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 22, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* A candidate for a proposed show "The Bright Side of the Ring"
* When Sgt. Slaughter might have known when he would win the world title
* Honky Tonk Man's finger incident
* Dustin Rhodes doing a basic imitation of his father
* Which manager/wrestler duo had the best chemistry?
* Royal Rumble promos aplenty
* The last Randy Savage match on Superstars for a very long time
* Chris Duffy staying busy
2 hr 40 min
September 14 GFA Live #284: WWF Superstars 12-15-1990 (Mr. Perfect regains IC title)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 15, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Peter and Keithie attend a local independent show
* Mr. Perfect regains the IC title with help from his rich friend
* More matches announced for the Royal Rumble and the last 10 entrants into the Rumble match
* The zoning and HOAs of Parts Unknown
* Things that get you back into wrestling
* The first vignette from The Mountie prompts a discussion of why the Rougeau Brothers never quite reached the top
* Hacksaw Jim Duggan and early 1987 pre-Crockett sale UWF
* Athletes who hosted Saturday Night Live
* The dynamic of Hulk Hogan and Bobby Heenan carrying across territories
2 hr 33 min
September 08 GFA Live #283: WWF Superstars 12-08-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 8, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
2 hr 14 min
August 31 GFA Live #282: WWF Superstars 12-01-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from December 1, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* "Kane" the Undertaker: pondering aspects of his career as a whole
* Hercules and his ridiculous Power and Glory trunks
* Randy Savage calling a Cincinnati Reds game in 1989
* Vince McMahon's desire to be involved in storylines: suppressed prior to Attitude Era?
* Another chemistry-less promo from Hulk Hogan and Tugboat
* The Big Bossman episode of Dark Side of the Ring
* A mysterious FOURTH event center segment
* Gobbleley Gooker is a terrible name
2 hr 10 min
August 23 GFA Live #281: WWF Superstars 11-24-1990 (Tunney puts Demolition on double secret probation)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 24, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Jack Tunney's ever changing office with his announcement about Demolition
* What was the least memorable NBC WWF event of 1985-1991?
* The new Dark Side of the Ring on Missy Hyatt
* An extended conversation of "two guys remembering TV shows from 15 years ago"
* The return of the Hulk Hogan "man/brother game"
* Jim Duggan's promo on the nature of America
* WWE's relationship with the annoying Pat McAfee
* A rare treat these days: Event Center promos for the Boston Garden
1 hr 57 min
August 17 GFA Live #280: WWF The Main Event 11-23-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about The Main Event from November 23, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* How this show getting cut for time and expense led to more episodes of Seinfeld
* The DiBiase/Savage alliance of friendship strikes again
* Super high match ratings for this show, relatively speaking despite a lack of clean finishes
* The Renegade Dark Side of the Ring episode
1 hr 57 min
August 10 GFA Live #279: WWF Survivor Series 1990 (Part 2)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the final three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Tito Santana spams his own finisher an astonishing half-dozen times inside of an hour
* Random platform interviews during PPVs, this time with Randy Savage
* The Mercenaries vs the Alliance: a great bad match?
* Modern Honky weighs in on cupcakes
* Sgt. Slaughter and his infamous pre-match promo
* Never thinking in 1990 about how old Roddy Piper was
* What the hell is going on with Tugboat? Did the Hulkamaniacs actually use him perfectly?
1 hr 59 min
August 03 GFA Live #278: WWF Survivor Series 1990 (Part 1)
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about the first three matches of the WWF Survivor Series 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* The debut of "Not Kane" the Undertaker and how his elimination was a screwup
* Warlord's relative success in the Survivor Series
* Rick Martel and the love and respect he gets from fans who remember his work and go to conventions
* The tragedies begin for the Hart family
* Modern Honky checks in again
* Is late 1990 absolute peak Mr. Perfect?
1 hr 59 min
July 27 GFA Live #277: WWF Superstars 11-17-1990
On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Superstars from November 17, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!)
Topics of discussion include:
* Waiting for a Kerry Von Erich promo gem
* Howard Stern's rapid decline
* Jake Roberts wrestles with one eye and has an interesting result
* When DiBiase stopped bring a wrestler and became mostly character
* Final Survivor Series team promos
* Setting up the end of Gimp Mask Demolition
2 hr 6 min

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Greetings From Allentown is a podcast taking a look at the history of pro wrestling through the lens of weekly TV episodes from the 70s through the 90s covering WWF, WCW and much more!